09/22/13

Montana

TRUCK

"67" yellow/blue base: This base replaced all 1963
base plates. The "67" was placed in the bottom right corner inside the state
outline. The design was identical to the passenger plates, except
for "TRUCK" at the top, replacing the "BIG SKY COUNTRY" slogan. The plate number format was the
county number followed by the plate number with a dot separator.
See the Montana county
codes page for county code explanations.

"68" green/white base: This base replaced all 1967 plates and had an
unpainted debossed "68" in the bottom right corner inside the state
outline. The design was identical to the passenger plates, except
for "TRUCK" at the top, replacing the "BIG SKY COUNTRY" slogan. For 1969, the state issued renewal stickers that vehicle
owners placed over the "68". The plate number format was the
county number followed by the plate number with a dot separator.
See the Montana county
codes page for county code explanations.

"70" blue/white base: This base replaced all 1968
base plates and had an
unpainted debossed "70" in the bottom right corner inside the state
outline. The design was identical to the passenger plates, except
for "TRUCK" at the top, replacing the "BIG SKY COUNTRY" slogan. For 1971
and 1972, the state issued renewal stickers that vehicle
owners placed over the "70". The 1971 stickers where
white with light green stripes along the top and bottom of the sticker.
The upper stripe had "MONTANA 1971" and the lower stripe had "TRUCK",
both in white. The center white part of the sticker had a large
sticker serial number, which included the county number as a prefix of
the sticker serial number . The 1972 stickers, however were simply
white/blue with a stacked "MONT" down the left side and a large "T72" to
the right of it. There were no serial numbers on these stickers of
any kind. The plate number format was the
county number followed by the plate number with a dot separator.
See the Montana county
codes page for county code explanations.

"73" white/green base: This fully debossed base replaced all 1970
base plates and had a painted "73" in the bottom right corner inside the state
outline. The design was identical to the passenger plates, except
for "TRUCK" at the top, replacing the "BIG SKY COUNTRY" slogan. For 1974, the state issued
a renewal sticker that vehicle
owners placed over the "73". These 1974 stickers were identical in
style to the 1972 stickers. The only difference was the color
being white/green (to match the colors of the plate) and a large "T74"
to the right of the stacked "MONT" down the left side. The plate number format was the
county number followed by the plate number with a dot separator.
See the Montana county
codes page for county code explanations.

"75" white/blue base: This fully debossed base replaced all 1973
base plates and had a painted "75" in the bottom right corner inside the state
outline. The design was identical to the passenger plates, except
for "TRUCK" at the top, replacing the "BIG SKY COUNTRY" slogan.
The plate number format was the
county number followed by the plate number with a dot separator.
See the Montana county
codes page for county code explanations.

1976
bicentennial base: This
design began in 1976, designed in honor of the U.S. bicentennial, and
ran until 1990 (1991 expiration). The plate number has the county
code (see "Montana county codes" page) at the left, followed by
a dot separator and the plate number. The difference between
passenger plates and truck plates is that truck plates have a "T"
following the county number. After 1976, the plates were
renewed with annual stickers, such as "77", "78", or "79". Later
in 1979, plates received stickers expiring on December 31 of the year of
renewal, such as "12-31-79".

1991 "Big Sky" base: This design began in 1991 ("92" sticker) and ran to 1999 ("2000"
sticker) when it was replaced by the "2000" design. The
plate number has the county code (see "Montana
county
codes" page) at left followed by a dot separator and the plate
number. The difference between passenger plates and truck plates
is that truck plates have a "T" following the county number. This
includes single digit county numbers ("1"
through "9") where truck plates had a "T" instead of a "P" for "passenger" following the plate number.

"2000" base:
This design was issue beginning in 2000 to commemorate the turning to
year 2000 and includes in the design a faint "2000" at the top of the
plate above the state name. The plate was phased in upon the
vehicle's renewal with the owner receiving new plates with "01" stickers.
Like previous designs, the county number (see "Montana
county
codes" page) was followed by a "T" for "truck"
before the dot separator, then the plate number in
"A00000" format for single digit counties and "A0000" format for
two-digit county numbers (no leading zeros for either formats).
The plate was produced in embossed format in the beginning, but about mid-2003 ("2004"
expiration stickers), was produced with
flat plate numbers.